1973 Honda ATC70 Buyers Guide: Comparing a Survivor to a Fixer-Upper to a Professionally Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 เม.ย. 2022
- Since I found myself in possession of 3 1973 Honda ATC 70's, I thought it was a good opportunity to to some comparisons between what I would consider a "Survivor Quality" machine, vs. a "Fixer-Upper Quality" machine, vs. a "Professionally Restored" machine. Ultimately, it all depends on what your goal is an what you're after.
So we do a little story telling, a little analyzing, some comparing and at the end of it I'm not where where we end up, but I feel like we learned some stuff! Would you agree??
I ask the question about why the K0 and K1 nomenclature in this video. I reached out to Mike Palmgren at Vintage Motorsports and he tells me the following.- "Honda used this system in the late 60s and early 70s. It was just a way of designating a first run of a particular model and every time they did a change to that model it added a number. The only two ATCs to use this was the US90 from 1970-75 and the 73-74 ATC70. By the late 70s and on they did away with this prefix. On the US90 they ran the exact same design and model for multiple years back then so rather than get confused with a model year, the prefix told you its the same like a 70-71 US90 is a K0 its the first of that model and there was no changes in 71. Models like the CT70 they ran the K0 was from 1969-71, no changes but most models had a change year by year and the number just went up each year you never year see anything past a K5 or so."
So there you have it. Also I mention my good buddy and fellow TH-camr MRC Builds. Find his channel by clicking this link and make sure you subscribe while you're there! / mrcbuilds - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
LOVE THE OLD SCHOOL HONDA ATC CONTENT YOU MRC BUILDS AND TRICYCLE GUY RULE YOU TUBE
Thank you so much man!!
Thanks brother, LONG LIVE THE HONDA ATC
The flame job always blows me away on these but after watching this video, I get it now. Its part of the marketing for kids, make a machine look like a toy. Love it ! Really fun video, Thanks Preston !
I miss that bike!! Glad it went back to you. Just to set the record straight on the restoration. Travis Gisclair did that for me. Did an amazing job and did it to my spec which was to not go overboard and that I did not require it to be a perfect match to original. He was more than capable of making it perfect but it was I that kept it from happening. Great job Travis!!!!! Another great episode by the way
Love the little 70s, the first ATC I ever rode.
I've never ridden a 70. Pushed a lot though.
Don’t lie...You rode the Ghetto Pony.
Pumped for a new episode.
I'm pumped that you're pumped!
I’ve got a super nice survivor that came out of a guys basement. I think the coil is on backwards on the restored trike. The bracket on the carb/intake of the survivor is correct. Both throttle cable and on/off switch wire should be on the left side. The sticker on the air box cover is correct. They should all have an exhaust shroud on the head pipe in front of the right foot peg. Hope this helps.
Last time I saw a 1973-74 orange Act 70 was back in 1978-79 ,
then my dad bought me a 1979 ,, never saw the first gen. In person sense then..
Always wanted the 1973-74
Act 70 and Act.90 in the orange color.
I got the fenders for my 74 from him. Great quality i love them
ATC70 Powahhhh! 💪💪
You know it boi!
Love these vids!!
Great video. I would pick the first one and try to replace things with nos if possible. It's only original once. What you're looking at is 50yrs old or what your looking at is what it looked like 50yrs ago.
Hell yea man. I love these 70's
Thanks brother!
Seems like the restored one has a different carburetor or at least the petcock. the fuel line ports are different from the other two hence the different fuel line routing. All three are nice machines, Thank you for the content!
You got three of em, that's one more than you need to even have a race. Call up two friends and race and slide those things around the parking lot. I am fifty and want one or three again.
I got one for sale
With a 140cc motor
Good video as always! That's pretty close to how I would have graded them.
I wish I could just look at a machine and not want to swap out something about it...
@@ThisOldTrike the struggle is real
Hahahahah gm product hahahahaha the snark I tell ya, a good old fashioned nit picking.... I love it
It's tough when you get brainwashed Mopar at such a young age...
@@ThisOldTrike if you had more time we could have checked out my neighbors Mopars
@@tricycleguy2657 I'll be back.
@@ThisOldTrike 8 units will be at the museum as of early May so I'd recommend the trip after October that also means I won't have the prototype for any shin dig that may happen over the summer ☹️
Was the 4-spd a lot faster than the 3-spd ?
and what was top speed on both of them?
I believe I would do the same.
Bust out the literature ohhh yyyeeaaaa
My little baby literature collection.
@@ThisOldTrike gotta start somewhere.. libraries aint built in a day
The tires are pronounced OATS.I know this because three wheeler magazine had a contest to see if anyone knew .The information came from the manufacturer.
Dang... that is a hard pill to swallow... I'm not sure I like that!
@@ThisOldTrike LOL I can confirm thats true. I was corrected by the manager of the collection all in Japan that was involved with the design of these bikes when I was working for them.
@@mikepalmgren8185 I don't like this...
Oats is correct my coffee table has a magazine containing an ad for the toughest "oats" on race day, hahah you say it correctly and we'll mispronounce it the way we choose.... hahahahaha
@@tricycleguy2657 OT-SU sounds more Japanese... do the Japanese have a silent U?
i’ll buy the first one if it’s forsale
I have a 1973 ATC70 that I believe might be the lowest Vin # around. It's ATC70-1000079 . This page won't let me download a picture.
Wonder if the owner of the restored model opted for stainless bolts n nuts ?
Good question. They don't look stainless. I'm not a biologist though.
I got one of this for sale if anyone is interested on it
you would have 3. You flamer.